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With the continuation of the COVID-19 epidemic, the resumption of production in the automobile industry will be affected. so far, a number of car companies have announced that the opening of the factory has been postponed. In addition to a number of car companies that have set up factories in Hubei, including Toyota, Hino, Tesla and Ford, they have also announced delayed resumption plans.

Toyota Motor Corp. and Hino Motor Co. plan to postpone the opening of factories in China after the Spring Festival in early February. Among them, the Japanese Toyota Motor Company revealed on the 29th that the period for the reopening of the four vehicle factories in China after the Spring Festival will be postponed from the first ten days of February to the 10th. The company will pay close attention to the impact of the new pneumonia, the specific start date has not been set.

According to Toyota spokesman Maki Niimi, "taking into account various factors, including local and regional government guidelines, as well as the supply of spare parts, we decided to suspend operations at our plant in China until February 9. We will closely monitor the development of the situation and make further decisions on action from February 10. "

Toyota has factories in Tianjin, Chengdu, Changchun and Nansha, Guangzhou.

Production of Model 3 at the Shanghai plant is expected to be delayed by one to a week and a half, Tesla said today. Tesla Shanghai Super Factory has only been in production for a few months, and its production capacity is climbing, and the market demand continues to rise, but due to the influence of novel coronavirus, the production of Model 3 at the Shanghai plant has been stopped.

Tesla also announced that a special fund of 5 million yuan would be donated to help the Chinese government support the CDC and other institutions to deal with the epidemic, while a budget of 5 million yuan would be allocated in China to subsidize the energy costs of free use of supercharging stations by car owners during the epidemic.

Ford said it expected to delay production at its joint venture Changan Ford plant in China until February 10.

Ford's sales in China have continued to decline, and the sharp decline in performance has continued to incur losses, while the launch of the new Ford Ruiji has increased orders for Changan Ford, and Lincoln's first domestic car, the adventurer, will also be launched in March, when the factory has more tasks. However, in the face of the impact of the epidemic, Ford also announced a delayed return to work plan.

Changan Ford has three production bases in Chongqing, Hangzhou and Harbin, with a total of seven factories, namely, five vehicle factories, an engine factory and a gearbox factory. Chongqing has become Ford's largest production base in the world after Detroit. At present, the models produced by Changan Ford are Ford Taurus, Ford sharp boundary, Ford Forrest, Ford new Mondeo, Ford focus, Ford wing tiger, Ford wingfight and Ford sharp edge.

In Hubei, the main epidemic area, there are joint venture factories of a number of multinational car companies, including Dragon Motor, Dongfeng Honda, Dongfeng Renault, General Motors, Dongfeng Nissan, Dongfeng Infiniti, etc., as well as independent car factories Dongfeng commercial vehicles, Dongfeng off-road vehicles, Zhongtai Motor, and so on.

Wuhan City, Hubei Province, in particular, is the stronghold of Dragon Motor and Dongfeng Honda. Due to the epidemic situation, the closure of Wuhan and the implementation of motor vehicle ban management in the central urban area of Wuhan, the time for local enterprises to resume production will be related to policies and measures.

Wang Xiaodong, governor of Hubei Province, said on January 29th that all kinds of enterprises in the province would return to work no earlier than 24:00 on February 13.

Therefore, if there is no accident, a number of joint venture car companies with factories in Hubei will be related to the resumption time announced by the government.

Dongfeng Honda's three production plants are all in Wuhan, with a total capacity of 632000 vehicles per year and about 12500 employees, producing Civic, CR-V, INSPIRE, Ericsson and other models. Dongfeng Honda sold 790000 vehicles in 2019, exceeding the factory's established capacity, so the downtime will have a greater impact on production and sales.

PSA Group, Renault and Dongfeng Motor Group have established a joint venture plant in Wuhan. The relevant person in charge of Dongfeng Company said, "the company will conduct an in-depth study on the epidemic situation, properly make a plan for resuming production and operation, and without ensuring the health and safety of employees, the resumption date of the whole company will be determined. The specific resumption time will be determined according to the epidemic prevention and control situation in various places."

In the face of the impact of the epidemic, the production plans of car companies have been affected, but at the same time, a number of car companies are also taking active action to contribute to the fight against the epidemic. According to incomplete statistics, Chinese and foreign car companies donated more than 700 million yuan in the COVID-19 epidemic, including cash, medical supplies, medical vehicles and so on.

The automobile industry took a turning point in 2018, entered a difficult time in 2019, experienced a year-on-year decline for the second year in a row, and also had an unexpected situation just entering 2020. It will be a challenging year for major car companies, affected by multiple factors. It is expected that the automobile industry will still be not optimistic.

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